Aljadhey Hisham, Alkhani Salma, Khan Tahir Mehmood
Medication Safety Research Chair, Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pharmacy Services Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research, Center Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Pharm J. 2017 Nov;25(7):1011-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Apr 4.
Few hospitals employ a medication safety officer. A medication safety officer preparatory course was planned using a structured curriculum to prepare pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to start medication safety officer activities. The current study aims to assess the outcome, as change in knowledge, of a hospital medication safety officer preparatory course.
We conducted a three-day course in February 2011 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was developed to provide attendees with the essential knowledge and skills to become a medication safety officer. Teaching methodologies included didactic teaching, group discussions, case presentations, and an independent study of medication safety materials. The content of the course focused on the various roles of a medication safety officer, the importance of medication safety in a health care setting, the incidence of adverse drug events in a hospital setting, strategies to identify and prevent adverse events, the use of root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis, the role of an officer in hospital accreditation, and ways for promoting safety culture. Assessment of the course outcome was accomplished by comparing scores of knowledge level before and after the course. The knowledge level was assessed by a 20-item exam which was developed and validated by course instructors.
Twenty-one participants attended the course and completed both the baseline and after-course assessment questionnaires. The majority was male (N = 14, % = 66.7) with a job experience of 1-5 five years (N = 10, % = 47.6). The knowledge score increased from 14.3 ± 1.90 (mean ± standard deviation) at baseline to 18.5 ± 1.43 after successfully completing the course (P < 0.001).
A three-day medication safety officer preparatory course has been shown to significantly improve attendee knowledge about medication safety. Educating health care professionals is an important tool to help ensure the safety of patients.
很少有医院聘请用药安全官员。我们计划采用结构化课程开展一个用药安全官员预备课程，以使药剂师具备开展用药安全官员活动所需的知识和技能。本研究旨在评估医院用药安全官员预备课程在知识方面的效果。
2011年2月，我们在沙特阿拉伯利雅得举办了一个为期三天的课程。该课程旨在为学员提供成为用药安全官员所需的基本知识和技能。教学方法包括讲授式教学、小组讨论、病例展示以及对用药安全材料的自主学习。课程内容聚焦于用药安全官员的各种职责、医疗环境中用药安全的重要性、医院环境中药物不良事件的发生率、识别和预防不良事件的策略、根本原因分析及失效模式与效应分析的应用、官员在医院评审中的作用以及促进安全文化的方法。通过比较课程前后的知识水平得分来评估课程效果。知识水平通过由课程教员编制并验证的一份20道题的考试进行评估。
21名参与者参加了该课程，并完成了基线和课程后的评估问卷。大多数为男性（N = 14，% = 66.7），工作经验为1至5年（N = 10，% = 47.6）。知识得分从基线时的14.3 ± 1.90（均值 ± 标准差）成功完成课程后提高到18.5 ± 1.43（P < 0.001）。
为期三天的用药安全官员预备课程已被证明能显著提高学员对用药安全的知识水平。对医疗保健专业人员进行教育是帮助确保患者安全的一项重要手段。
